04 September 2019

Record of meeting 4 September 2019



The writers

Helene, Jo, Trevor, Fran, Pauline, Pat, Cath


The words of the day

Irk – to annoy

Scintillating – sparkling

Garbled – mix up or confuse

Firth – arm of the sea or estuary

Sinuous – many curves and turns

Calliope – beautifully voiced goddess

Jubilation – feeling of great happiness and triumph


Writing from words of the day

The group closed, Escape from the storm, The county fair, Performance cancelled, I saw the estuary, One of those days and Most days.


Exercise – Babushka dolls

The writers were inspired by the dolls and wrote about - Should have chosen her lover more carefully, In the box, What is that, Just take the doll, An excuse, At the airport and Riding the horse.


Exercise – the person in the sunglasses

The writers embraced the concept of sunglasses and wrote about - Hard to recognise, Above Collingwood beach, The greatest invention, John Lennon’s sunglasses, Not the local hospital, Rainbow sunglasses and Dark thoughts.


Homework

Not compulsory